Grants


Click on the link below to download the combined grant application. 2025 Deadline: 9/12/2025

2025 Combined Grant Application

2024 Grant Evaluation Form

2025 Grant Judges Rubric

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATIONS:

  • Specific guidelines are included in the application. Please review these before submitting the application.
  • Ensure you have your principal’s approval. If multiple schools are involved, each principal must approve the grant. The Grants Committee will obtain other approvals as needed. 
  • Submit applications to: grants@cheyenneschoolsfoundation.org

Please contact Dr. Michelle Aldrich (307-760-6213 or teachwyo@yahoo.com) with any questions. 

About the Grants

Cheyenne Schools Foundation Grants are made possible by generous contributions of local businesses, community members, service groups, and LCSD1 employees. The Foundation awards an average of $30,000 annually in grants to teachers who use the funding to enrich their curriculum and provide unique learning opportunities.

Regular Grants:

  • Pat Noel Science Award
    • Grant for up to $10,000
    • Special consideration given to projects in physics or chemistry
    • Projects should involve multiple classrooms/schools and be sustainable over several years
  • Excellence in Education
    • Grants for up to $3,500
    • Preference is given to grants that involve the community.
    • Limit of one Excellence Grant per elementary school, per year.
    • All materials purchased must stay at the project site.
  • Student Enrichment
    • Grants for up to $1,500
    • There is no limit on the number of grants that can be awarded to each school each year.
    • All materials purchased must stay at the project site.
  • Allen G Wheeler Grant for History and Geography
    • Grant for up to $1,000
    • Put ‘Wheeler Grant’ in description
    • Special consideration given to cartography projects

Request for Funds Program

The purpose of the Request for Funds Program is to provide additional funds for special circumstances once the fall funding process is complete. Limited funds are available, and should support CSF Mission.

Use the Combined Grant application from above and email to grants@cheyenneschoolsfoundation.org.

Teachers who receive funds are expected to share the results of their programs with the LCSD1 professional academic community and the Cheyenne Schools Foundation board. This ensures that successes are shared, new programs and teaching methods are explored, and the overall educational environment is strengthened.

SUGGESTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS:

  • Collaboration with other teachers in your building and across the district is encouraged.
  • Project proposals from previous years are welcome.

Past Grant Winners